This PedsCases note provides a one-page overview of acute rhinosinusitis, including its etiology, presentation, complications, diagnosis and management. It was created by Divya Goel, a medical student at the University of Alberta with the help of Dr. André Isaac, a Pediatric Otolaryngologist at the University of Alberta.

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References:

1. Kilty S. Canadian guidelines for rhinosinusitis: practical tools for the busy clinician. BMC Ear Nose Throat Disord. 2012;12:1.

2. Desrosiers, M., Evans, G.A., Keith, P.K., Wright, E.D., Kaplan, A., Bouchard, J., Ciavarellla, a., Doyle, P.W., Java, A.R., Leith, E.S., Mukherji, A., Schellenberg, R.R, Small, P., Witterick, I.J. Canadian clinical practice guidelines for acute and chronic rhinosinusitis. Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology. 2011;7:2.

3. Cherry J., Demmler-Harrison, G., Kaplan, S., Steinbeck, W., Hotez, P. Feigin and Cherry’s Textbook of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 8th ed, Elsevier, Philadelphia 2018. p.137.

4. Wald ER, Applegate KE, Bordley C, Darrow DH, Glode MP, Marcy SM, Nelson CE, Rosenfeld RM, Shaikh N, Smith MJ, Williams PV, Weinberg ST. Clinical practice guideline for the diagnosis and management of acute bacterial sinusitis in children aged 1 to 18 years. American Academy of Pediatrics. 2013;132(1):e262. 

5. Chow AW, Benninger MS, Brook I, Brozek JL, Goldstein EJ, Hicks LA, Pankey GA, Seleznick M, Volturo G, Wald ER, File TM Jr. IDSA clinical practice guideline for acute bacterial rhinosinusitis in children and adults. Infectious Diseases Society of America. 2012;54(8):e72. 

6. Brook I. Microbiology and antimicrobial treatment of orbital and intracranial complications of sinusitis in children and their management. International Journal of Paediatric Otorhinolaryngology. 2009;73(9):1183-6.